Soto v. Romero-Barcelo was a case which brought suit to uncover FBI involvement in the killing of young pro-independence activists at Cerro Maravilla, Puerto Rico. The case led to substantial awards...
Updated: October 22, 2007
September 2008"The U.S. government has quietly recast policies that affect the way information is gathered from U.S. citizens and others crossing the border and what is done with it, including relaxing a two-...
March 2010The NYC Council and Public Safety Committee call on Police Commissioner Ray Kelly to end the practice of archiving digital files on all individuals, including the innocent, who are stopped by police...
Former US Solicitor General Gregory Garre (Latham & Watkins), Center for Constitutional Rights Executive Director Vincent Warren , Seton Hall Professor Baher Azmy , and Cardozo's Vijay...
Updated: January 25, 2010
December 2009In Turkmen v. Ashcroft , a case filed on behalf of Arab and Muslim non-citizens who were subjected to prolonged and abusive detention in the wake of 9/11, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second...
Dombrowski v. Eastland is a government misconduct case in which Dr. James Dombrowski filed suit against the chairperson of the Internal Security Subcommittee of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee...
Updated: March 7, 2023
April 2015"Steven Salaita is fighting back against the University’s action to dismiss his civil rights lawsuit against the Board of Trustees, University administrators and unnamed donors. Salaita and the...
March 7, 2018The first oral arguments in a case against St. Louis County’s system of “wanteds” took place on February 28, and the constitutional challenge by ArchCity Defenders, co-counsel Paul, Weiss, Rifkind,...
June 5, 2018... Saldivar said CBP already faces a lawsuit in California for allegedly turning away asylum seekers at ports of entry along the U.S.-Mexico border. The class action lawsuit was filed by the Center...
July 17, 2019...In particular, it excludes people fleeing "an epidemic of violence" in El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, the lawsuit says. The groups are represented by lawyers from the American Civil...
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